Artificial "Intelligence"

ExposFan · 01-24-2021, 02:38 PM

Can someone tell me how a team with Diamonds and above only wins .250 of their games? Does this happen when you don't tinker with your team after each season?

Zorian77 · 01-25-2021, 07:28 PM

It depends on the diamonds and the competition. There are a lot of diamonds with really low contact that are essentially unusable at the perfect level. For pitchers, if their movement or control is really low, they can also be unusable.

For example: I had Carlos Marmol as my best closer well into diamond league, but he's better suited for gold because his control is only 28, so he walks a ton of people. Another example: Matt Chapman is rated a 97 as a card, but he only has 51 contact. Anyone below 65 or so contact in perfect league is generally going to do terrible. It just gets worse the more elite the opposing players are too.

ExposFan · 01-26-2021, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Zorian77

It depends on the diamonds and the competition. There are a lot of diamonds with really low contact that are essentially unusable at the perfect level. For pitchers, if their movement or control is really low, they can also be unusable.

For example: I had Carlos Marmol as my best closer well into diamond league, but he's better suited for gold because his control is only 28, so he walks a ton of people. Another example: Matt Chapman is rated a 97 as a card, but he only has 51 contact. Anyone below 65 or so contact in perfect league is generally going to do terrible. It just gets worse the more elite the opposing players are too.

Thank you, that helps me a lot!

Zorian77 · 01-27-2021, 05:04 PM

Glad to help!

As a bit of an addendum, contact is by far the most important stat for a hitter, especially at the perfect level. I gave 65 as a baseline, but that's the very low end of what is acceptable. 80+ contact is where players start performing decently, and at the tippity top 90+ is what you need for reliably good performance.

Pitchers can get away with say 60-70's control and movement if they have high velocity, stuff, and lots of good pitches. But high movement and control is generally what separates the pitchers that are great from the pitchers that squeak by. Fewer home runs and walks is never a bad thing.

01-24-2021, 02:38 PM	#1
ExposFan Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Kansas Posts: 10	Artificial "Intelligence" Can someone tell me how a team with Diamonds and above only wins .250 of their games? Does this happen when you don't tinker with your team after each season?

01-25-2021, 07:28 PM	#2
Zorian77 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 58	It depends on the diamonds and the competition. There are a lot of diamonds with really low contact that are essentially unusable at the perfect level. For pitchers, if their movement or control is really low, they can also be unusable. For example: I had Carlos Marmol as my best closer well into diamond league, but he's better suited for gold because his control is only 28, so he walks a ton of people. Another example: Matt Chapman is rated a 97 as a card, but he only has 51 contact. Anyone below 65 or so contact in perfect league is generally going to do terrible. It just gets worse the more elite the opposing players are too.

01-27-2021, 05:04 PM	#4
Zorian77 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 58	Glad to help! As a bit of an addendum, contact is by far the most important stat for a hitter, especially at the perfect level. I gave 65 as a baseline, but that's the very low end of what is acceptable. 80+ contact is where players start performing decently, and at the tippity top 90+ is what you need for reliably good performance. Pitchers can get away with say 60-70's control and movement if they have high velocity, stuff, and lots of good pitches. But high movement and control is generally what separates the pitchers that are great from the pitchers that squeak by. Fewer home runs and walks is never a bad thing.